1.When Was Rome Built? 罗马是什么时候建成的？
Teacher: When was Rome built?
Tom: At night.
Teacher: Who told you that?
Tom: You did. You said Rome wasn't built in a day.
老师：罗马是什么时候建成的？
汤姆：在夜里建成的。
老师：谁告诉你的？
汤姆：是您啊。您说过罗马不是在一个白天建成的。
2.He Knows the Answer 他知道答案
Teacher: Can you tell me anything about the great scientists of the 18th century?
Pupil: Yes, sir, I can. They are all dead.
教师：你能告诉我一些有关十八世纪的伟大科学家的事情吗？
学生：我能，先生。他们都死了。
3.Where do babies come from? 小孩从哪里来？
I asked my father where babies come from.
He says you download them from the Internet.
我问爸爸小孩是从哪里来的，他说是从网上下载的。
4.An Essential Correction 实质性的纠正
Teacher: Walter, why don’t you wash your face? I can see what you had for breakfast this morning.
Walter: What was it?
Teacher: Eggs.
Walter: Wrong, teacher. That was yesterday.
老 师：沃尔特，你为什么不洗脸?我看得出你今天早饭吃了什么。
沃尔特：我吃了什么？
老 师：鸡蛋。
沃尔特：错了，老师。那是昨天吃的。
5. I Don’t Feel Like Getting into an Argument 我不想争论
“Gerald,” asked the teacher, “what is the shape of the earth?”
“It's round,” answered Gerald.
“How do you know it's round?” continued the teacher.
“All right, it’s square then,” he replied, “ I really don't feel like getting into an argument about it!”
“杰拉尔德，”老师说，“地球是什么形状的？”
“是圆形的，”杰拉尔德回答。
“你怎么知道是圆的？”老师继续问。
“好，那就是方的吧，”他回答说。“我真的不想和您争论这件事！”
6.Three Reasons 三个理由
Teacher: Bob, give me three reasons why you know the Earth to be round.
Bob: Mum says so, Dad says so, and you say so!
老师：鲍勃，说出三条理由来证实地球是圆的。
鲍勃：妈妈是这么说的，爸爸是这么说的，您也是这么说的！
7.Who Should be Given the Present? 礼物该给谁？
A father of five came home with a toy, summoned his children and asked
which one of them should be given the present, “Who is the most obedient,
never talks back to mother and does everything he or she is told?” he
inquired. There was silence and then a chorus of voices: “You play with it,
Daddy!”
一个有五个孩子的父亲带着一件玩具回到家里，把孩子们召集来问这件礼物应该给谁。“谁最听话，从不和妈妈顶嘴，让干什么就干什么？”他问道。
大家都不吭声。过了一会儿，孩子们异口同声地说：“爸爸，您玩儿吧。”
8.Big Head 大脑袋
“All the kids make fun of me,” The boy cried to his mother. “They say I
have a big head.”
“Don't listen to them,” his mother consoled. “You have a beautiful
head. Now stop crying and go to the store for ten pounds of potatoes.”
“Where's the shopping bag?”
“I haven't got one, use your hat.”
“所有的孩子都拿我取乐，”小男孩哭着跟妈妈说：“他们说我长了一个大脑袋。”
“别听他们的，”他妈妈安慰说。“你的脑袋长得很漂亮。好了，别哭了,
去到店里买10磅土豆来。”
“兜子在哪儿呢？” “我没有兜子——就用你的帽子吧。”